GUYTON - Anthony Wright doesn't bother idolizing the usual NFL suspects. Michael Vick? Nope. Barry Sanders? Not even close. Reggie Bush? No again. Wright's hero is a man who he shares a name with: his father.

And there's good reason for that. Wright is walking in his father's footsteps along with his brother, Antwan. Anthony and Antwan are both running backs at Effingham County, the same school their father played for.

If Friday night's 32-22 win over Ware County is any indication, football runs deep in the Wright family genes. Anthony Wright rushed 13 times for 162 yards and a touchdown, while also taking an eye-opening 85-yard kickoff in for a touchdown that ultimately sealed the game for the Rebels, earning him Greater Savannah Area Player of the Week honors.

"I pattern my style after my dad," Anthony Wright said. "He used to play for Effingham County, so I learned my moves from mostly him."

Anthony Wright's kickoff return would make any dad proud. He took the ball at the 15-yard-line and broke right through the middle of the field. At the 40, he went to the right and was subsequently hit at the 50, but spun off and broke the tackle before a few blockers caught up to him.

Heading up the right sideline, he cut back inside and juked a defender, who didn't know what was coming, and then dove into the end zone past another defender. Anthony Wright had it planned from the moment the ball was kicked.

"During the whole game, they weren't kicking it to us because, I don't know why, he knew we were going to return it," Anthony Wright said. "But this time, they just slipped up and I caught it, so I was saying I was going to win this for the team, so I did what I do best."

And he's hoping to be able to do his best when his high school career is over. But colleges beware: Anthony and Antwan Wright are a package deal. Both are looking at Georgia Southern, Wayne College and East Kentucky right now, but the brothers want to keep their options open.

The two Rebels running backs have accounted for 886 yards and 11 touchdowns this year, which would probably make any college coach happy.

"We are thinking about going to these colleges together," Anthony Wright said, "just to keep it together and everything like that."

THE WRIGHT FILE

Name: Anthony Wright

School: Effingham County Class: Senior

Position: Running back

Wright rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries and scored on an 85-yard kickoff return to seal the win for the Rebels.